Programmatic Will Boost, Not Decrease, TV Ad Value: Mondelez’ Bough

COLOGNE, Germany — The injection of “programmatic” ad-trading automation and control in to linear TV will likely increase, not diminish, the value of traditional TV ads, says one of the world’s top marketers. “All of a sudden, certain media slots on linear (will) become way more valuable,” snack food brand Mondelez International’s global media and consumer […]

 
 

IPTV Even Better Than Mobile For Music’s Vevo

COLOGNE, Germany –  Mobile better, IPTV best. That’s the equation for music video brand Vevo. Whilst mobile viewing has boomed for the service, which is the modern inheritor of MTV’s crown, the lounge is a more engaging space. “We’re pretty well 50/50 (viewed) mobile and other devices,” Vevo international SVP Nic Jones tells Beet.TV in this […]

 
 

Too Much Math, Too Little Meaning: Publicis’ Tobaccowala

COLOGNE, Germany — As “maths men” take over from “mad men” on advertising’s Fifth Avenue, the new cult of data is proving to be too all-consuming, says one advertising veteran. “We may be losing the plot – too much math, too little meaning,” says DigitasLBi and Razorfish chair Rishad Tobaccowala. “We’ve forgotten that the data […]

 
 

Google’s Ben Barokas: Data Is King In Video Boom

COLOGNE, Germany — If “data is the new oil” when it comes to advertising, Google is sitting on a geyser – but it’s happy to let customers tap rivals’ supply lines, too. Ben Barokas, GM for Marketplace Development,  sees the emerging digital ad landscape this way, he tells Beet.TV in this video interview: “Every advertiser has […]

 
 

Programmatic Video Ad Spending Growing in Europe, Adap.tv study

COLOGNE, Germany –  Advertising agencies are spending more and more on digital video channels – and most of the money moving from existing media is being switched from traditional TV. According to programmatic video ad tech vendor Adap.tv’s 2014 European State Of The Video Industry survey, 2014 spending on digital video advertising is up 42% […]

 
 

EU TV Embracing Data Faster Than US: Videology’s Jamboretz

Traditionally, US customers adopt digital technology faster than those elsewhere around the world. But, when it comes to embracing new, data-driven approaches to selling video advertising, European broadcasters have got out of the gate first. “The interaction between TV and digital distribution channels is actually way more linked up than we’ve been seeing in the […]

 
 

Ad Tech Lets Advertisers Run Their Own Show: MediaMath’s Cox

Larger advertisers are beginning to realize that, with a range of new online technology, they can take more control of their own campaign spending, says an ad tech exec. “We’re seeing an increase in operators wanting to run their own marketing programs directly using our software and operating system,” says Sam Cox, global partner management […]

 
 

2014 Is ‘The Year Of Private Marketplaces’: BrightRoll’s Avila

SAN FRANCISCO – The next stage in the adoption of  automated ad-trading tools, private marketplaces are helping so-called “programmatic” practices flourish, says an exec in the space. “If 2013 was the year of real-time bidding and programmatic coming in to reality, 2014 is the year of private marketplaces,” video ad tech vendor BrightRoll‘s marketing SVP Tim Avila […]

 
 

Publishers May Soon Sell TV-Synced Ads: Civolution’s Maris

Nowadays, advertisers are starting to buy ads in social media streams that are synchronized with TV ads. Soon, they may also get to buy display ads on premium publisher sites in the same way. “2014 was all about getting the pipes in place,” says Stefan Maris, global product manager of Civolution, a video technology vendor […]

 
 

“Utopia” Of Programmatic TV is Getting Closer: TubeMogul’s Eadie

SAN FRANCISCO – The holy grail of mass-market TV through which advertisers can target individual viewers is coming nearer as better and better ad tech improves prospects, says one company playing in this emerging area. “We obviously don’t have that utopic state in linear TV right now,” says TubeMogul CMO Keith Eadie in this video. […]

 
 

Ad Buyers Don’t Have To Abandon Open Exchanges: VivaKi’s Bertozzi

WPP ad group GroupM made waves earlier this year when it announced it would no longer buy online ads from open exchange marketplaces, as first reported by Beet.TV. But rival Publicis’ VivaKi digital unit doesn’t think that’s necessarily the right strategy. “If you limit yourself by saying you’re doing one thing or to the other, […]

 
 

Open Ad Exchanges Need Open Practices: IPG’s Seiler

After GroupM announced, earlier this year, it would no longer buy online ads from open exchange marketplaces, more criticism is being voiced by ad buyers about how such exchanges operate. IPG Mediabrands’ global CEO Matt Seiler tells Beet.TV in this video that more openness is needed from the “open” end of the industry. “Pretty big advocates […]

 
 

Programmatic Revolution Is “Eating The Media World”: AppNexus’ Rubenstein

“Programmatic” methods of buying and selling digital advertising space have come a long way since they were used only to shift un-loved banner slots. “What started as a fringe trend in the digital advertising space is now taking over the entire industry,” AppNexus president Michael Rubenstein tells Beet.TV in this video. “Programmatic is eating the media world. […]

 
 

Consolidation Wave Good For Video Ad Tech: Turn’s Smith

AOL bought Adap.tv, Facebook bought LiveRail and, last month, RTL Group bought a majority of SpotXchange – a wave of consolidation is under way, as large media groups buy up programmatic video ad tech vendors. “Consolidation is a great thing for the industry,” says the emerging media VP of another such vendor, Turn, Chris Smith,” and shows we’re […]

 
 

What Is ‘Premium’ Content Anyway? Ad Execs Discuss

Advertisers and their buyers often say they aspire to advertise only with “premium” publishers. But what does that really mean, and is the notion changing as ad tech evolves around it? Three execs from different parts of the industry debated for Beet.TV… Mindshare’s New York digital lead Joe Migliozzi: “Hopefully, over time, we can get over […]

 
 

Ad Groups Look To Reimagine TV On Mobile Screens

Media agencies know that TV viewing is diminishing – but at least growing consumption of video on alternative screens gives them a shot at dreaming up a new kind of moving-pictures advertising stronghold in mobile media. “People are not sitting in front of the television like they used to,” Mediacom managing partner and group digital director […]

 
 

Holiday Video Shortage Will Spur Out-Stream Video Ads: Xaxis’ Warner

A new kind of video advertising format could pick up this coming holiday season, as ad buyers look beyond usual pre-roll inventory in a market that still suffers from supply problems. So-called “out-stream” video ads, as introduced by Ebuzzing and Teads, don’t play in video windows before video content; they play between text paragraphs, meaning […]

 
 

Quality Is Key For Branded Content: News Corp’s Chopra

Brands can win an audience for articles and videos they made, even in newspaper websites – if their material is worth consuming, according to a news group executive. Asked why users would consume content made by brands in vehicles designed to convey the news of the day, News Corp SVP and video head Rahul Chopra […]

 
 

Slate Sees Videos on All Its Pages

Web magazine Slate says it can make up for a lack of opportunities for its video advertisers by turning every text article in to a video ad opportunity. Sales VP Anthony DeMaio tells Beet.TV in this video that the title recently enlisted French ad tech firm Teads, whose technology inserts auto-playing pre-roll ads in between […]

 
 

Research: Video Topics Affect Ad Performance, Innovid Finds

The best kind of video to put an pre-roll ad for cars is in, well, videos about cars. But the context that drives video ad engagement is not always so clear-cut. Video ad tech vendor Innovid’s just-published research in to the topic shows that, whilst auto ads placed against auto videos yielded a 40% higher […]

 
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